Evolving Strategies, LLC

Founded in 1999, Evolving Strategies helps leaders, teams and organizations learn, lead and change. Clients include Accenture, Ashland Inc., Bank of Oklahoma Financial, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), East West Bank, Northern Trust Corporation, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Spencer Stuart, Thomson Reuters, United Airlines, the United States federal government, and Zebra Technologies.

Founder

Forbes Coaches Council

Forbes Coaches Council is an invitation-only organization comprised of leading business coaches and career coaches. Members are hand-selected by the Council’s selection committee.

Official Member

PepsiCo

PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in New York. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of its products. 

As of January 2021, the company possesses 23 brands that have over US$1 billion in sales annually. PepsiCo has operations all around the world and its products are distributed across more than 200 countries, with annual net revenues of over US$70 billion. PepsiCo is the second-largest food and beverage business in the world based on net revenue, profit, and market capitalization, behind Nestlé.

As part of the CIO transition, I led a team of employees and consultants to build the initial change management office (CMO) to enable the global technology organization to support Pepsico's digital transformation journey.

Global Information Technology | Strategy & Transformation Team | Senior Director

Northwestern University

Served as faculty for 'Executing Strategic Change,' a core, graduate level course of the Master of Science, Learning and Organizational Change program. The Master's program is grounded in concepts of cognitive science, psychology and education, and focuses on the applied areas of strategic change, performance, knowledge management, and learning.

Adjunct Faculty

Corporate Executive Board

Every year, the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) equips over 20,000 senior leaders from more than 10,000 organizations across 110 countries with the intelligence they need to respond quickly to evolving business conditions. In doing so, CEB helps them more effectively manage their talent, customers and operations to exceed business objectives.

As an Associate Director, I sold of CEB's HR-related best practices research, decision support tools, and executive education to a membership of the world's leading corporations and not-for-profit institutions.

Associate Director

Lante Corporation

Lante Corporation, a technology consulting company, customizes core extended enterprise applications to provide clients with new features to enable them to benefit from the trend toward information that is more interactive, real-time, collaborative, extended, and private.

Client Relationship Manager

Accenture

Accenture is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, providing consulting and outsourcing services through its strategy, digital, technology and operations capabilities.

Transition/Transformation Manager

CA Technologies

CA Technologies software and solutions have been powering innovation for over 35 years. Founded in 1976, CA Technologies has over 11,500 employees in 45 countries helping businesses thrive in a new world where every business is in the software business. CA Technologies has been recognized as a value leader by industry analysts and has been hailed as one of the “World’s 100 Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes, as well as one of the greenest companies in the United States by Newsweek®.

Sales and Marketing Associate (Pansophic Systems, Inc.)

Strengthen Your Change Leadership with a Coach You Can Trust |Forbes Contributor |Accenture Alum |Former NU Adjunct Faculty

Clients partner with me to address three key areas of need:

1. EXPANDING YOUR LEADERSHIP IMPACT
 	• Elevate Your Leadership Potential with Personalized Coaching
	• Foster Your Inclusivity as a Leader
	• Amplify Your Leadership Presence
	• Deepen Your Leadership Self-Awareness
	• Hone Your Coaching and Mentoring Skills

2. USING CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR STRATEGIC EXECUTION EXCELLENCE
	• Master the Six Levers of Change Leadership
	• Develop Resilience and Adaptability as a Leader of Change
	• Build High-Performance Teams

3.  COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT
	• Communicate Effectively and Efficiently
	• Resolve Conflicts with Courage and Confidence
	• Engage Your Stakeholders 
	
Delivery method(s) are customized based on my client's preferences and needs. This may involve a combination of one-on-one in-person or virtual coaching sessions, team workshops, assessments, and ongoing support to ensure growth and development.

About me
I coach executives for swift, successful, impactful change in themselves, teams, companies, or industries. If this describes you and you're ready to make a transformative impact and lead with more confidence, let's go.

With over two decades of experience, I've had the privilege of guiding leaders and teams from diverse industries, functions, and locations to not just navigate, but truly excel in today's ever-evolving business landscape. Helping clients develop the change leadership skills to tackle complex challenges like digital transformations, process enhancements, and customer engagement strategies is what I do.

My proven approach fuses structure and adaptability. I tailor my approach to the distinct needs and objectives of each leader or team, using proven assessments, tools, and strategies as needed. 

My work is grounded in practical experience, having served as a leader and member of multiple high-performing teams (and some low-performing teams as well) with organizations such as Accenture and PepsiCo. By delving into and applying research on leadership, learning and change as an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University, I co-created and delivered a course on executing strategic change in the Masters level program. 

I'm honored to have earned a spot on the Forbes Coaches Council. Serving as a mentor, most recently as part of D CEO's Emerging Women Leadership Network, is also a privilege.

Sandy Schwan

Novak Design 

Owner

Goggans, Inc.

Account Representative

Sport Clips Haircuts

Marketing and Social Media Manager

Sport Clips-Arkansas (Central & NWA)

Charged with developing and implementing a marketing, recruiting and retention plan for SheCo,, LLC d.b.a Sport Clips Haircuts, the nation’s leading men’s and boys’ hair care provider, is a top multi-unit franchise and eighth in the media outlet’s first “Top 25 Brick & Mortar Opportunities” ranking by Franchise Business Review. The sports-themed hair care franchise has more than 1,300 locations throughout the U.S and Canada and ranks in the overall 2015 Franchise Business Review Top 100 for franchisee satisfaction.

Director of Marketing & Recruiting, AR

Arkansas Managed Care Organization, Inc.

Strategic oversight of all aspects of business, including national contract negotiation, provider network integrity, marketing and staff management.
• Increased provider network by 31% through contract negotiations, recruitment
based upon network growth patterns and retention.
• Developed/maintained insurance and third party administrator market, and
provider community, with average of 50% savings realized through negotiated
provider agreements.  
• Day-to-Day operations, including budgeting, staff and facility management.

Arkansas’ largest independent PPO network, organized in late 1993. A statewide managed care network with more than 6,500 healthcare providers serving over 200,000 members, contracted with national insurance carriers, third party administrators and self-insured employers.

Executive Director

Arkansas Managed Care Organization

Evaluated new business opportunities; oversight of Provider Relations, Member Services, Repricing, Credentialing and Contracting Departments.  Maintained contact with physicians, hospital executives and ancillary providers, with a high degree of   understanding of the organization, programs and procedures.

Associate Executive Director

United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

Coordination of satellite feeds, press releases and press conferences for Senator Pryor and other Senators of the Committee;
• Co-produced video entitled Aging in Rural America
• Interaction with national and local media concerning issues before the Senate.

Provided general support to Staff Director and managed physical requirements of the office. Coordination of Staff Director's schedule and correspondence; Coordination of Committee events with staff of Committee Chairman; Logistical planning of Committee field hearings and other special forums; Development of office procedures manual; Facilitator of office restructuring plan;

Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant to the Staff Director

Experienced Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the design, construction and healthcare industries. Highly skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Negotiation, Budgeting, Business Planning, Sales, and Event Management. Strong media and communications professional.

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